Ananias Leki Dago | |
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| Born | 2 November 1970 |
| Education | Institut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle |
| Known for | Photographer |
Ananias Leki Dago (born 2 November 1970) is an Ivorian photographer. [1] [2] [3]
Ananias Leki Dago | |
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| Born | 2 November 1970 |
| Education | Institut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle |
| Known for | Photographer |
Ananias Leki Dago (born 2 November 1970) is an Ivorian photographer. [1] [2] [3]
Ananias Leki Dago is a graduate of the Institut National Supérieur de l'Action et de l'Animation Culturelle in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. [4] [5]
During a period of exile living in Europe, resulting from political unrest in his native Côte d'Ivoire, [1] [2] he worked for magazines such as Africultures and Regards . [6] From 1997 to 2001, he served as the Official Photographer for the Marché des arts et du spectacle africains (MASA), based in Abidjan. [7]
His photographs have been exhibited in museums and cultural spaces such as the Centre Pompidou [8] and the Musée de l’Histoire de l'Immigration in Paris, France; Fondation Donwahi [2] [9] in Abidjan; the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden; the Philadelphia Museum of Art [10] [11] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art) [12] in Dakar, Senegal, and are part of the permanent collections of institutions such as the Fundació Vila Casas [13] in Barcelona, Spain; the Fondation Sindika Dokolo in Luanda, Angola; the Harlem Studio Museum in New York, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; [5] the Musée du Quai Branly [14] and the Galeries Photo Fnac in Paris, France, as well as various international private collections. [2]
In 2019, Ananias Leki Dago represented the Côte d'Ivoire at the Biennale di Venezia, in Venice, Italy, participating in the exhibit "Ivory Coast: The Open Shadows of Memory". [15]
Founder of the first international photography festival in Abidjan, Les Rencontres du Sud, [6] and restorer of the negatives of Paul Kodjo - the "Father of Ivorian photography", [16] [17] [14] Ananias Leki Dago is the author of five publications featuring his photographic works: Ananias Leki-Dago, photographe (Les éditions de l'oeil, 2003), Shebeen Blues (Éditions Gang, 2010), Mabati (Native Intelligence and Goethe-Institut Kenia, 2013), La Nawa (Éditions Gang, Conseil Régional de la Nawa, 2016), and Rainy Days Abidjan (Éditions Éburnie, 2019). [18] [19] [5] He has also served as a photographer in residence for established artistic programs in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. [2]
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